-Economic effects of tax policy Archive

TweetShareSharePin0 Shares On April 1, 2002, a press release announced, “The Tax Policy Center, a new joint venture between the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution” was… Source link TweetShareSharePin0 Shares

TweetShareSharePin0 Shares When the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was enacted, critics claimed that reducing the tax subsidy for mortgage interest would hurt home values. But new TPC research shows that the reduced deduction had very little effect on the size of new mortgages, suggesting that the changes in the TCJA have not substantively

TweetShareSharePin0 Shares In a 50-50 Senate where every vote counts, President Biden’s “Build Back Better” (BBB) fiscal agenda has a new name and—if it wants the vote of Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV)—a slimmed down mission. A new version still would include significant tax increases. But there are reasons to doubt they would produce a reliable

TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Democratic leaders have pledged to combat higher petroleum prices due to Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine. Shying away from a Russian oil boycott, they have proposed a federal gas tax holiday to cushion US motorists from rising pump prices. But that policy would do little to benefit consumers while worsening fiscal imbalances, air

TweetShareSharePin0 Shares A key issue in the congressional debate over President Biden’s Build Back Better (BBB) plan is how it would affect the economy over the next couple of years. Identifying precise effects is unusually difficult due to the economic circumstances stemming from the pandemic. But the bill’s overall short-run effects on both growth and

TweetShareSharePin0 Shares A key issue in the congressional debate over President Biden’s Build Back Better (BBB) plan is how it would affect the economy over the next couple of years. Identifying precise effects is unusually difficult due to the economic circumstances stemming from the pandemic. But the bill’s overall short-run effects on both growth and

TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Coal miners increasingly are victims of a cruel paradox. Even as production declines, more are suffering from deadly black lung disease. Yet falling production and growing efforts to combat climate change will slash the federal funds to support sick workers and their families. This problem can be resolved, but it will require policymakers